15 May 1973
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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1973
Page
1
LOS ANGELES UPI officials forecast a tight energy situation through summer and winter. Charles J. Dibona said there will be a gas shortage in the coming months, but no plan for gas rationing.
Retired Ukiah businessman James Langton sues the State of California Lake County and others for 150000 alleging injuries from Feb 3 while a passenger in a car driven by Louis Loosley. The wreck near Lakeport killed Florence Loosley and injured Bob Burke. Langton paralyzed and seeks damages for alleged highway negligence and inadequate warnings.
Partly cloudy at times through Wednesday with fair conditions overall. Coastal delays include late night and morning low clouds and fog. Fort Bragg highs reach 63 and lows near 50, Ukiah to 94 high and 52 low.
A compact weather snippet compares daily temperatures for May 14 with highs and lows, showing May 14 1973 reached 91 and 52 degrees, and May 14 1972 values around 82 and 42. The record also lists precipitation figures 6 and 40 plus a year ago 24.95.
Mayor Jack Simpson has proclaimed Friday and Saturday as Poppy Week in Ukiah. Veterans of Foreign Wars Women’s Auxiliary will sell Buddy Poppies to fund aid for needy veterans and orphans. The effort, run by disabled veterans, began in 1922 and aims to honor the dead by helping the living. Proceeds support more than 200 orphans at the V F W National Home in Eaton Rapids Michigan. Simpson urged residents to wear poppies as a sign of gratitude for veterans.
Ukiah attorney Richard Petersen former public defender says he will apply for the Ten Mile Judicial District judgeship in Fort Bragg. He recently suspended a law partnership for a Mexico trip and is aiding a brother in outfitting a fishing boat. He and other hopefuls planned an interview before the board of supervisors, while residency questions loom under Election Code scrutiny.
Skylab faces new overheating problems after loss of a meteoroid shield coating. The three astronauts Pete Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz return to Houston as engineers rush to cool the 118 foot lab and reassess a 28 day or longer flight. Sunday launch now planned with revised mission.
The Watergate committee unanimously moved to ask courts for partial immunity for John W. Dean to testify before the panel. A second unanimous vote targeted an immunity order for mystery witness Roy Sheppard, whose role remains undisclosed. Chairman Ervin and Vice Chairman Baker withheld further details, citing ongoing confidentiality. Dean has been negotiating for federal immunity in exchange for grand jury testimony. He said in a Washington Star-News interview that his testimony would not bring down the President. Ervin described Sheppard as a witness the committee wishes to interrogate.
Eight congressmen filed a federal suit alleging the Cambodia bombing violates the Constitution’s war powers. They contend Congress must authorize hostilities, citing Mansfield and Fulbright amendments tying funding to ending US actions in Indochina and barring support for Cambodia and Laos after Vietnam action ends.
Federal Judge Harold KR. Tyler Jr. has declined the Watergate prosecutor role, saying it would be inappropriate for a sitting judge to take on the job. Attorney General designate Elliott L. Richardson indicated he remains undecided among other candidates on his list. Tyler, 51, has served on the Southern District of New York since 1962.
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